Throwley 1917-1919
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112 squadron
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airfield
Author_Anthony Moore
aviation history
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Category=WQH
coastal defence
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faversham
first world war
kent
Kent's Forgotten Airfield
royal flying corps
world war 1
world war i
world war one
ww1
wwi
zeppelin raids
Product details
- ISBN 9780752442693
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2007
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The forgotten airfield at Throwley, Faversham, Kent, which existed between 1917 and 1919, was created to aid Britain's coastal defence after the public's fearful outcry in response to Zeppelin raids early in the First World War. With background to the country's history of home defence prior to World War I and the developments that lead to the airfield, such as all Royal Flying Corps fighters having been sent to France in 1914 leaving Britain virtually defenceless, and Churchill's decision to create units of aircraft to aid defence, the book tells the tale of both the airfield and of 112 Squadron, based there to combat the threat.
